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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,053 approved · 684 refused · 169 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Jan 2019 to 18 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1 , The Villas , Uttoxeter Road , Draycott In The Moors , Staffordshire , ST11 9AQ
Received 25 Jul 202225 Green Hollows , Basnetts Wood Road , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9DQ
Received 22 Jul 20229 , High Street , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9EF
Received 26 Jul 202280 , Heath Avenue , Cellarhead , Staffordshire , ST9 0HU
Received 26 Jul 2022Stone Barn Farm , Sutherland Road , Longsdon , Staffordshire , ST9 9QD
Received 26 Jul 202220 , Derby Street , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5AB
Received 3 Feb 2022Reynolds Hey Farm , Park Lane , Endon , Staffordshire , ST9 9JB
Received 27 Jul 2022Greenways , Smithy Bank , Alton , Staffordshire , ST10 4AE
Received 27 Jul 202216 18 , Ashbourne Road , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 5AS
Received 28 Jul 2022Bitstone , Town End Road , Foxt , Staffordshire , ST10 2HN
Received 29 Jul 202212 , Epsom Close , Cheadle , Staffordshire , ST10 1TG
Received 29 Jul 2022THE GREEN MAN , Ashbourne Road , Bottomhouse , Leek , Staffordshire , ST13 7QJ
Received 29 Jul 2022253 , Ash Bank Road , Werrington , Staffordshire , ST9 0JS
Received 29 Jul 2022Storage Land , Biddulph Road , Mow Cop , Staffordshire , ST7 3PU
Received 29 Jul 2022Willowbrook , Micklea Lane , Longsdon , Staffordshire , ST9 9QA
Received 1 Aug 202213 , Cherry Tree Lane , Biddulph Moor , Staffordshire , ST8 7PA
Received 1 Aug 202279 , Station Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire , ST8 6BT
Received 1 Aug 2022Woodland View , Tenford Lane , Tean , Staffordshire , ST10 4EL
Received 1 Aug 2022Pemberley House And Farm , Sandy Lane , Caverswall , Staffordshire , ST11 9DX
Received 3 Aug 2022Roughstones , Cheadle Road , Draycott In The Moors , Staffordshire , ST11 9RQ
Received 2 Aug 2022The Stables , Stanley Road , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9LJ
Received 3 Aug 2022The Stables , Stanley Road , Stockton Brook , Staffordshire , ST9 9LJ
Received 3 Aug 2022Street Record , Hurst Road , Biddulph , Staffordshire ,
Received 2 Aug 2022Land Rear Of No 30-34 , Church Lane , Checkley , Staffordshire ,
Received 3 Aug 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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